Lady&#39;s bag



May 16, 1961 R. SILETTI LADY'S BAG Filed Oct. '1, 1959 FIGJ INVENTOR. ROMEO SlLETTI ATTORNEYS United States Patent LADYS BAG Romeo Siletti, Via Mercalli 16, Milan, Italy Filed Oct. 7, 1959, Ser. No. 844,986

1 Claim. (Cl. 150-35) The present invention relates generally to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in a ladys handbag and in directed more particularly to the provision of a bag provided with a small purse disposed therein and hingedly connected thereto.

Without intending to place undue limitations upon the scope of the invention beyond what may be required by the state of the prior art, the particular embodiment may be briefly described as embracing the concept of a ladys handbag which allows a smaller purse, normally carried therewithin to be used for various purposes, without detachment from the handbag, wherefore loss or misplacement of the purse is prevented.

One general object hereof is to provide a handbag with a purse of smaller dimension carried therewithin, which purse is so mechanically related to the handbag as to be capable of rotation upon and relative to the frame of the handbag wherefor the purse may be lifted upwardly and outwardly from the handbag interior, when and as desired, for placement in an operative position exteriorly thereof.

Another salient feature of the present invention lies in the fact that the purse of smaller dimensions is readily accessible in its nested position within the bag and, at the same time, is readily accessible for its rotative movement so as to place it in the aforedescribed operative position outside of the bag.

The characteristic features which I consider to be novel with my invention, as to its construction and organization and as to its method of operation, will be better understood from a consideration of the following detailed description forming a part of this specification, when read in conjunction with the illustrations in the accompanying drawing, wherein like characters of reference are employed to designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of the handbag combined with a smaller purse disposed therewithin;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the handbag showing the smaller purse in position outside of the handbag; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front elevational view showing the hinge connection between the smaller purse and the frame of the handbag.

With continued reference now to the drawing, which illustrates a typical and preferred embodiment of the invention for the purpose of disclosure and forms a part of this specification, I have shown a small purse 1 of conventional design and configuration mounted upon a pair of U-shaped frame members 8 each of which is comprised of a generally horizontally-extending cross bar 10, having vertically disposed legs 12 fixed to and depending from its opposite extremities.

The legs 12 of each of the frame members 8 of the pair thereof are pivotally connected at 14 at their lower extremities as shown.

The purse 1, if desired, may carry a looking glass 6 on one of its outer surfaces for the well known purposes.

The purse is hingedly connected to a handbag H in manner subsequently to be described, and is of a smaller size than said handbag so as to be readily receivable in a nested position therewithin.

The handbag H is also of conventional design and configuration and is mounted upon a pair of frame members 16 each of which is comprised of a horizontally-extending cross-bar 4, having vertically disposed legs 18 fixed to and depending from its opposite extremities.

The legs 18 of each of the frame members 16 of the pair thereof are pivotally connected at 20 at their lower extremities as shown A closure 5 is hingedly connected to the cross-bar 4 of one of frames 16 of the handbag and is generally L- shaped in cross section whereby the cross-bars 4 of each of said frames 16 may be held in abutment in the closed position of the handbag.

The small purse 1 is rotatably hinged to the handbag by means of a generally U-shaped fork member 2.

Said fork member 2 is comprised of a horizontallyextending base bar 22 having generally vertically-extending legs 24 fixed to its opposite ends.

The base bar 22 of said fork member is extendable through a sleevelike tube 1a fixed to the cross bar 10 of one of the frames 8 of the purse, in manner whereby said fork member may be freely rotated relative to the tube In and to said purse.

The free ends of the legs 24 extend laterally outwardly from said legs to form pins 2a which are coaxially aligned as to each other and extend outwardly away from each other as shown.

The pins 2a are receivable within horizontally aligned tube portions 3a, which tube portions are fixed to the lower planar surface of a horizontally extending mounting bar or supporting means 3.

The mounting bar 3 is in turn fixed to the lower planar surface of the cross bar 4 of one of the frames 16 of the handbag as by a weldment or the like.

By means of this novel pivotal connection between purse and handbag, the fork member 2 can be rotated relative to the handbag frame in manner so that the purse may be moved from a lowermost nested position Within the handbag to an uppermost position outside the handbag as illustrated in Fig. 2.

It is believed that the gist of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further analysis thereof at this point is considered unnecessary, as I have, in accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, described the construction and principle of operation of my invention together with the apparatus which I believe to represent the best embodiment thereof, to the end that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features which, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of its generic and/or specific aspects. The substitution of equivalents and other changes, modifications and alterations as circumstances may suggest or render expedient, are reasonably contemplated, the invention being susceptible of such without departing from its real spirit or underlying principles.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

The combination in a handbag including a pair of pivoted U-shaped frame members, a purse of a size less than said handbag and including a pair of pivoted U- shaped frame members, ahinged connection between one of the frame members of said purse and one of the frame members of said handbag, said hinged connection including a U-shaped fork having a horizontal1y-extend ing base pivoted to one of the frames of said purse, and vertically-extending legs fixed to the extremities of said Patented May 16, 1961 base which legsofthe, pair thereofz-are provided-with I upper ends bent outwardly away from and in horizontal alignrnent as to each other, a supporting rneans fixed to one 'of-the frames ofsaid handbag, a pair'of supportin g tube s being spaced and coaxiallyqalignedand 5 secured to said supporting means, the upp erends of the fork being receivable in the supporting tubes of ,said pair thereof for the rotation of said, purse relative to and around said wfraine of said handbag for lifting said purse.

between pendant positions within and without the handbag.

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